Waymo is allowed to map the roadways at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) through a temporary permit – the first step in the alphabet company’s dialect to unlock the case of potentially attractive use for its robotaxis.
The temporary permit, which was announced by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Luri, closed on 14 March on Monday evening.
Wemo vehicles will not work autonomously at the airport. Employees will manually drive vehicles to map the area. However, the permit indicates the onset of a phased approach to the vemo that is eventually working commercially there.
According to a statement by Business Development and Strategic Partnership Head of Nicole Gael, “This mapping permit is an important step for millions of people who travel from the city every year”. “Many of those passengers have placed SFOs at the top of their service expansion wishlist.”
Permit is a symbol of a change for vemo, which Failed to secure a permit To map SFO in 2023. It also comes with some wire, including data sharing, according to the language in the agreement viewed by Techcrunch. This language will probably be included in future agreements with the city and the Commission of San Francisco Airport as Waymo pushes a phased approach that begins with mapping, followed by a human safety operator, driverless tests and ultimately autonomous tests with commercial operations.
Techcrunch saw that according to the agreement, Waymo has to provide specific data per vehicle after each vehicle session. According to the agreement, this “data interface agreement” requires WayMo to track its vehicles and exit the airport and provide time, geographical location, identity, travel identifier, transaction types, driver-based unique identifier and vehicle license plate number.
The agreement has also prevented Waymo from using autonomous vehicles to transfer commercial goods. Vemo Close its self-driving truck program in 2023And since then the company has re -prepared people’s efforts to people – not the package. However, language prevents the future applications of commercial distribution, which has raised concerns International brotherhood of teamsstors,
The ban was sufficient to receive the blessings of Teamstors Western Region Vice President Peter Finn.
Finn said in a statement, “We want to thank the parties to bring the parties together to bring the parties together and to create a template for the implementation of new technology, which keeps in mind the security, jobs and the influence on the safety, jobs and community.”
Wemo enhances efforts More than a year ago According to the emails viewed by Techcrunch at that time, to get access to pickup and drop-off in SFO.
The approval process is long and requires a separate approval from the San Francisco Airport Commission. Technically, permits can be issued at the conscience of the airport, SFO spokesperson Dag Yakel told Tekkachchan last year.
However, it is expected that SFO officials have reflected the process when Uber and Lift first sought access to more than a decade ago. For now, Waymo has a temporary access agreement to map the SFO airport roadways. Weso will eventually require a ground transportation permit to work in the SFO, which has not yet been approved.
